Government services provider Maximus (NYSE:MMS) will be announcing earnings results this Thursday morning. Here’s what to expect.
Maximus beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 5.2% last quarter, reporting revenues of $1.36 billion, flat year on year. It was an exceptional quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ EPS estimates and a solid beat of analysts’ full-year EPS guidance estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Maximus’s revenue to be flat year on year at $1.32 billion, slowing from the 10.6% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $1.54 per share.
The majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Maximus has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates twice over the last two years.
Looking at Maximus’s peers in the government & technical consulting segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Jacobs Solutions delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 5.2%, missing analysts’ expectations by 0.9%, and ICF International reported a revenue decline of 7%, falling short of estimates by 1%. ICF International traded up 5.1% following the results.
Read our full analysis of Jacobs Solutions’s results here and ICF International’s results here.
Debates over possible tariffs and corporate tax adjustments have raised questions about economic stability in 2025. While some of the government & technical consulting stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 3% on average over the last month. Maximus is up 6.7% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $103 (compared to the current share price of $76.06).
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